EP4263066B1 - Pulvérisateur - Google Patents

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EP4263066B1
EP4263066B1 EP21836050.1A EP21836050A EP4263066B1 EP 4263066 B1 EP4263066 B1 EP 4263066B1 EP 21836050 A EP21836050 A EP 21836050A EP 4263066 B1 EP4263066 B1 EP 4263066B1
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air
liquid
chamber
dispenser
spray
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EP4263066A1 (fr
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Andrew Robert AITKEN
Sebastian ALVAREZ
Sjoerd Paul Hoijinck
Eduardo CARVALHAL LAGE VON BUETTNER RISTOW
Guy Richard Thompson
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Unilever Global IP Ltd
Unilever IP Holdings BV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
    • B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
    • B05B7/2405—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle
    • B05B7/2416—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle characterised by the means for producing or supplying the atomising fluid, e.g. air hoses, air pumps, gas containers, compressors, fans, ventilators, their drives
    • B05B7/2418—Air pumps actuated by the operator, e.g. manually actuated
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/04—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge
    • B05B7/0416—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid
    • B05B7/0433—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid with one inner conduit of gas surrounded by an external conduit of liquid upstream the mixing chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/10—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge producing a swirling discharge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
    • B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
    • B05B7/2405—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle
    • B05B7/2435—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle the carried liquid and the main stream of atomising fluid being brought together by parallel conduits placed one inside the other
    • B05B7/2437—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle the carried liquid and the main stream of atomising fluid being brought together by parallel conduits placed one inside the other and a secondary stream of atomising fluid being brought together in the container or putting the carried fluid under pressure in the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
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    • B05B7/2464—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device a liquid being fed by mechanical pumping from the container to the nozzle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3421—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber
    • B05B1/3431—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves
    • B05B1/3436—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves the interface being a plane perpendicular to the outlet axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B9/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour
    • B05B9/03—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material
    • B05B9/04—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material with pressurised or compressible container; with pump
    • B05B9/08—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type
    • B05B9/085—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type with a liquid pump
    • B05B9/0877—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type with a liquid pump the pump being of pressure-accumulation type or being connected to a pressure accumulation chamber
    • B05B9/0883—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type with a liquid pump the pump being of pressure-accumulation type or being connected to a pressure accumulation chamber having a discharge device fixed to the container

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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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Claims (8)

  1. Distributeur de spray portatif (1) comprenant une chambre à liquide (8), une chambre à air (9, 10) et une chambre de mélange (40), de sorte que l'écoulement du liquide dans la chambre à liquide (8) et l'écoulement de l'air dans la chambre à air (9, 10) vers la chambre de mélange (40) sont empêchés par une ou plusieurs valves (33) ; lorsque la valve ou les valves (33) sont relâchées, le liquide est forcé sous pression de la chambre à liquide (8) vers la chambre de mélange (40) via un conduit de liquide (31) et l'air est forcé sous pression de la chambre à air (9, 10) vers la chambre de mélange (40) via un conduit d'air (30), le mélange air-liquide dans la chambre de mélange (40) étant forcé par un orifice de sortie (4) sous forme d'un spray, caractérisé en ce qu'une bague unique (6) placée autour du distributeur de spray (1) dans un plan orthogonal à l'axe longitudinal (A, B) du distributeur de spray (1) est amenée à tourner autour de l'axe longitudinal (A, B) du distributeur de spray (1) avec une torsion unidirectionnelle pour actionner un ou plusieurs ressorts (18), dont l'énergie est libérée pour générer une pression d'air et un débit d'air suffisants et un débit de liquide suffisant pour qu'un spray soit formé à partir du mélange air-liquide à sa sortie de l'orifice de sortie (4), où la rotation de la bague (6) force un galet suiveur (14) à progresser autour d'une came hélicoïdale (15), ceci entraînant le déplacement axial d'un châssis interne (16), lequel aspire l'air dans la chambre à air (9) et actionne simultanément les un ou plusieurs ressorts (18), dont l'énergie est utilisée pour comprimer l'air dans la chambre à air (9, 10) et le liquide dans la chambre à liquide (8) et où l'air provenant de la chambre à air (9, 10) n'est pas utilisé pour comprimer le liquide.
  2. Distributeur de spray (1) selon la revendication 1, où l'air est comprimé à 0,3 à 3 bar avant d'être forcé depuis la chambre à air (9, 10).
  3. Distributeur de spray (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où le distributeur de spray (1) est de forme cylindrique.
  4. Distributeur de spray (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où la chambre à liquide (8) fait partie d'une unité de remplissage (7).
  5. Distributeur de spray (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où la chambre à air (9, 10) comprend une valve d'entrée (17), permettant à l'air d'entrer tandis que la chambre à air (9, 10) est dilatée.
  6. Distributeur de spray (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où l'élément d'activation manuelle (6) n'a pas besoin d'être ramené à sa position initiale par rotation et où le distributeur (1) se réinitialise prêt pour une nouvelle activation lors de l'actionnement.
  7. Distributeur de spray (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où l'air provenant de la chambre à air (9, 10) est introduit dans le liquide provenant de la chambre à liquide (8) en position adjacente à un orifice d'entrée (38) de la chambre de mélange (4).
  8. Distributeur de spray (1) selon la revendication 1, où les orifices d'entrée et de sortie (38 et 4, respectivement) de la chambre de mélange (40) sont décalés radialement.
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EP20214206 2020-12-15
PCT/EP2021/084513 WO2022128607A1 (fr) 2020-12-15 2021-12-07 Distributeur de pulvérisation

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AR125176A1 (es) 2023-06-21
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